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North Carolina Personal Injury Resources

North Carolina was one of the original 13 colonies; settlers from Virginia initially went there in search of more farmland. It is located in the Southeastern United States, bordering South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia. North Carolina’s two largest metropolitan areas, Raleigh and Charlotte, are among the top ten fastest growing in the country. When filing a claim in North Carolina, it’s best to do it promptly because there is a three year statute of limitation. If a case is not filed within that time span, legal action and compensation cannot be pursued.
North Carolina had an estimated population of 9,752,073 as of 2012, which puts it at number 10 for most populous in the United States. The state had a total of 458,803 civil incoming cases, which is 4,798 cases per 100,000 of the total population. Of the total civil cases, 10,764 are tort cases, tried in the Superior Court. The tort trend in North Carolina has been steady in the past decade but there was a sudden spike in 2009. In 2011 a tort reform law was passed that made non-action in the ER legal. Under this reform, doctors have less of a risk of being found liable for malpractice. A doctor can only be found liable if he or she intentionally harmed the patient.
North Carolina is currently considering more alterations to its tort law, especially for medical malpractice. Like the rest of the country, in North Carolina, a signification portion of civil cases in the state courts are personal injury cases. These claims all involve some kind of injury to a person or to property due to the actions of another entity. Many lawsuits fall under this category, including medical malpractice, construction accidents, defective products, and traffic accidents. Traffic accidents and medical malpractice generally make up the bulk of personal injury claims, and this is certainly the case in North Carolina.